Title:  Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur’an) side by side

Translator:  Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Translator:  Marmaduke Pickthall

Translator:  Mohammad Habib Shakir

Release Date:  October 27, 2005 [EBook #16955]

Language:  English

Character set encoding:  ASCII

*** Start of this project gutenberg EBOOK translations of the Koran ***

This text originates from a file whose origins we don’t know, found in many places on the Internet.  It was re-proofed and corrected for Project Gutenberg against paper copies of the translations by Irfan Ali.

Y:  = Qur’an Translation by Abdullah Yusuf Ali

P:  = Qur’an Translation by Marmaduke Pickthall

S:  = Qur’an Translation by Mohammad Habib Shakir

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Chapter 1: 

                          Al-FATIHA (the opening)
 Total Verses:  7 Revealed At:  Makka

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001.001 Y:  In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

P:  In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

S:  In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

001.002 Y:  Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds;

P:  Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds,

S:  All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.

001.003 Y:  Most Gracious, Most Merciful;

P:  The Beneficent, the Merciful.

S:  The Beneficent, the Merciful.

001.004 Y:  Master of the Day of Judgment.

P:  Master of the Day of Judgment,

S:  Master of the Day of Judgment.

001.005 Y:  Thee do we worship, and Thine aid we seek.

P:  Thee (alone) we worship; Thee (alone) we ask for help.

S:  Thee do we serve and Thee do we beseech for help.

001.006 Y:  Show us the straight way,

P:  Show us the straight path,

S:  Keep us on the right path.

001.007 Y:  The way of those on whom Thou hast bestowed Thy Grace, those whose (portion) is not wrath, and who go not astray.

P:  The path of those whom Thou hast favoured; Not the (path) of those who earn Thine anger nor of those who go astray.

S:  The path of those upon whom Thou hast bestowed favors.  Not (the path) of those upon whom Thy wrath is brought down, nor of those who go astray.

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Chapter 2: 

Al-BAQARA (the cow)
Total Verses:  286 Revealed At:  Madina